Bill Text: TX SB976 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to the temporary approval of an institution to participate in the tuition equalization grant program.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-1)
Status: (Passed) 2013-06-14 - Effective immediately [SB976 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-SB976-Enrolled.html
S.B. No. 976 |
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relating to the temporary approval of an institution to participate | ||
in the tuition equalization grant program. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 61.222, Education Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
Sec. 61.222. APPROVED INSTITUTIONS. (a) The coordinating | ||
board shall approve only those private or independent colleges or | ||
universities that are private or independent institutions of higher | ||
education as defined by Section 61.003 or are located within this | ||
state and meet the same program standards and accreditation as | ||
public institutions of higher education as determined by the board. | ||
(b) The coordinating board may temporarily approve a | ||
private or independent institution of higher education as defined | ||
by Section 61.003 that previously qualified under Subsection (a) | ||
but no longer holds the same accreditation as public institutions | ||
of higher education. To qualify under this subsection, an | ||
institution must be: | ||
(1) accredited by an accreditor recognized by the | ||
board; | ||
(2) actively working toward the same accreditation as | ||
public institutions of higher education; | ||
(3) participating in the federal financial aid program | ||
under 20 U.S.C. Section 1070a; and | ||
(4) a "part B institution" as defined by 20 U.S.C. | ||
Section 1061(2) and listed in 34 C.F.R. Section 608.2. | ||
(c) The coordinating board may grant temporary approval for | ||
a period of two years and may renew the approval once. | ||
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | ||
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | ||
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | ||
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | ||
Act takes effect September 1, 2013. | ||
______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 976 passed the Senate on | ||
April 17, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
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Secretary of the Senate | ||
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 976 passed the House on | ||
May 20, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 143, Nays 4, two | ||
present not voting. | ||
______________________________ | ||
Chief Clerk of the House | ||
Approved: | ||
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Date | ||
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Governor |